1. Tiger cub!, 2. our pet, 3. Bunny Nose, 4. dad’s old dog, 5. Puppy Dog, 6. bemused hamster, 7. Has the cat got your tongue ?, 8. goldfishes
Kindness is an attainable super power.
Teaching children kindness and compassion for animals is one way to foster this attribute. Even if you don’t have pets or access to animals in your everyday life, books are a great way to plant the seeds of kindness. Humane education began with the humane movement of the late 1800s, during which time Anna Sewell’s classic of humane animal treatment, Black Beauty, was published. While a great read for older kids, the National Humane Education Society offers the following book recommendations for kids Pre-K to 2nd grade.
Books about Companion Animals & Pets
101 Dalmations Sticker Book by the Disney Company
Mittens the Kitten by Nancy Parent
Puppies are Like That by Jan Pfloog
Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland
Books about Farmed Animals
Buzzzzz Said the Bee by Wendy Lewison, Hans Wilhelm
Mrs. Goose’s Baby by Charlotte Voake
Oink! Moo! How Do You Do? by Grace Maccarone, Hans Wilhelm
Books about Wild Animals
Caterpillar Dance by Will Grace, Scott McBee
Does Anyone Know Where a Hermit Crab Goes? by Michael Glaser
Guess Who? by Ann Willis, Yvette Banek
Kersplatypus by Susan K. Mitchell
Little Turtle’s Big Adventure by David Harrison, J.P. Miller
Nature Sticker Stories: Bugs by Sonja Lamut
Over in the Meadow: Book of Colors and Counting by Doug Bowles
Ten in the Meadow by John Butler
The Bugs Go Marching by Rozanne Lanczak Williams
The House I’ll Build For The Wrens by Shirley Neitzel
Time-To-Discover Series: Snakes Live in Grass by Melvin and Gilda Berger
Miscellaneous Titles
Animal Doctors: What Do They Do? by Carla Greene
My First Animals by Bettina Paterson
What am I? by Rose Williams, Fred Apps